Forum: Intel
May 19th 13, 03:59 AM Posted to comp.sys.intel
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,675
Haswell CPU needs new power supply?
http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/cpu/display/20130430230347_Intel_Core_i_Haswell_Microprocessors_May_Require_New_Power_Supply_Units_for_PCs.html
Brilliant, Intel.
Is this going to stop the decline in...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
May 17th 13, 11:33 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 8
Views: 394
solar flare resistant PC cases ?
On May 17, 6:30*am, Loren Pechtel wrote:
It won't work--you've got a nice antenna feeding the power into the
drive--namely, the USB cable.
He is not operating them in...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
May 16th 13, 12:06 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 8
Views: 394
solar flare resistant PC cases ?
A friend of mine keeps his USB drives in biscuit tins, to protect
against a monster solar flare.
He said there were flares in 1859 and 1921 that would have crippled
lots of electronic devices, and...
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Forum: Nvidia Videocards
April 14th 13, 04:59 AM Posted to alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.video
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Replies: 1
Views: 1,347
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
April 10th 13, 01:51 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 4
Views: 291
Dusty PC from a Pentium 3 Pictures
On 6 Apr, 22:50, Gabriel Knight wrote:
I had to clean a PC from a video shop running win98 it had no rear fan
so it got a little dusty since it was in the shop for about 7 years...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
April 10th 13, 01:45 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 2
Views: 236
can't read CD for SunOS
I have a CD-ROM made for SunOS 4 (BSD based). I didn't want the
software on it (which is 20 years old),
but a sample dataset therein. I am unable to read it. Windows does
not see the CD. In Ubuntu,...
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Forum: Intel
April 6th 13, 01:16 PM Posted to comp.sys.intel
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,551
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
April 6th 13, 01:06 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 4
Views: 184
Extra ram in dual channel mode
On Apr 2, 2:45*am, Paul wrote:
cycle, giving an entire cycle for Tsetup.
On older RAM technologies (PC3200), there is a more significant
penalty with added bus loading....
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
March 18th 13, 11:37 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 8
Views: 562
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Forum: General
February 26th 13, 09:07 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,705
DDR-1 2 gig
On Feb 8, 9:23*am, philo* philo@priv cy.not wrote:
In my spare parts bin I seem to have a lot of 2 gig sticks of DDR-1
I'm a computer re-builder and must have at least 20 machines in my
...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
February 2nd 13, 02:38 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 5
Views: 547
LCD monitor lasted 8 years
I have been using an LG L2010P monitor since 2005. (Reason being that
I have one particular stupid software
package that was hardwired for 1600x1200 resolution.)
Anyway the backlight has been going...
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Forum: Storage (alternative)
December 26th 12, 09:50 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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Replies: 16
Views: 711
always hide your backups!
Some villains broke in through laundry window. House behind has been
vacant for 2 weeks, so
they wouldn't have been seen.
They grabbed my wife's laptop. She backs it up onto a 128GB thumb
drive, but...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
December 16th 12, 03:07 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 3
Views: 493
LGA-775 DDR3, new motherboards?
On 19 Nov, 04:01, John Doe wrote:
I'm noticing some LGA-775 DDR3 motherboards. Are these new
motherboards, to satisfy lots of old Core 2 Quad (LGA-775) users
that want...
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
December 16th 12, 02:59 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 13
Views: 387
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
December 16th 12, 02:50 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 5
Views: 579
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Forum: Homebuilt PC's
September 30th 12, 11:59 AM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
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Replies: 4
Views: 393
DMS-59 connector - a trap for young players
I wanted a graphics card with dual output, and saw one on eeeeebay
rather cheap.
When it arrived, it had one DMS-59 connector. I should have know
better when picture says
something like "for...
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